APRIL 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1059

(a.) If the height of the house does not exceed 15 ft.—15 ft.
(b.) If the height exceeds 15 ft. but does not exceed 25 ft.—20 ft.
(c.) If the height exceeds 25 ft. but does not exceed 35 ft.—25 ft.
(d.) If the height exceeds 35 ft.—30 ft.

For the purpose of these by-laws, where the side boundaries of any site are not of the same length, the mean length of such side boundaries shall be taken as the depth of the site for the purpose of defining the distance across such open space; and the height of a house shall, for the purpose of these by-laws, be measured from the average level of the ground immediately adjoining the side or the rear of such house, as the case may be, to the level of half the vertical height of the roof or to the top of the parapet, whichever is the higher.

Alterations to Buildings.

5. No person shall make any alteration or addition to any house (whether erected before the coming into operation of these by-laws or not) whereby the open space attached to such house shall be diminished by such alteration or addition so as to leave a less open space than is required by these by-laws to be provided.

Definition of New House.

6. The erection of a house upon vacant land or upon a site previously occupied by any building, or the re-erection of any house pulled down to within 1 ft. of the ground floor, or the conversion into a house of any building not originally constructed for human habitation, or the conversion into more than one house of a building originally constructed as one house only, or an addition or raising of a house (so far as such addition or raising is concerned), shall be deemed to be the erection of a new house within the meaning of these by-laws.

Definition of Site.

7. The ground upon which any house is erected, together with the whole curtilage thereof enclosed within the boundary fences, walls, or lines of the premises, shall be deemed to be the site of such house within the meaning of these by-laws.

Site-formation.

8. The ground on which any new house is erected and the ground immediately around such new house shall be so formed and graded that no water can lodge thereon or under such house, or run under such house.

Plans to be provided.

9. The erection of a new dwellinghouse shall not be commenced or proceeded with until the person who proposes to carry out such work shall have made application to the Clerk in the form set out in the Second Schedule to these by-laws. Such person shall at the same time lodge with the Clerk complete plans showing the block-plan and sections of the said site, and the measurements of the height and distance from the boundaries of such dwellinghouse, as required by the provisions of these by-laws. Such plan and sections shall be in ink on drawing-paper or tracing-cloth, and shall be to a scale not less than one-eighth of an inch to the foot: Provided always that if the work proposed to be done is of such a trivial nature as, in the opinion of the Building Committee, not to require the preparation of such plans and sections, such Committee may dispense with their production. If the Building Committee are satisfied that all conditions required by these by-laws are or can be fulfilled by the proposed works as described in such plans, and after the payment of the fees set forth in the First Schedule hereto, a permit for the erection of the dwelling-house shall be issued by the Clerk.

Foundations of Concrete, &c.

10. In any foundation-wall, either of concrete, or bricks, or stone, either separate or conjoined, a proper damp-proof course of sheet 4 lb. lead, asphalt, or slates laid in cement, or other durable material impervious to moisture, shall be laid beneath the level of the lowest timbers and at a height of not less than 6 in. above the surface of the ground adjoining such wall.

Plates and Joists above Ground.

11. No part of any plate or joist of any house shall be at a less distance, in the case of a plate, than 3 in., and, in the case of a joist, than 6 in., from any portion of the ground below or immediately adjoining such plate. The space between the lowest joist and the ground shall in all cases have sufficient and proper communication with the external air for the purposes of ventilation.

Walls of Living-rooms.

12. No room in any house other than a bathroom, closet, or storeroom shall have a less average height than 9 ft. 6 in. between the floor and the ceiling throughout an area equal to at least two-thirds of the floor-space.

Ventilation and Lighting.

13. Every room, other than a bathroom, or closet, or storeroom, shall be provided with at least one window, other than a skylight, opening direct to the external air. At least one-half of such window shall be movable or made to open, and the opening must extend to the top of the window, and the total glazed surface of such window or windows provided shall be equal in area to at least one-tenth of the floor-space of such room.

Walls of Bathrooms and Closets.

14. At least a portion of one wall of every bathroom or water-closet shall be in contact with the external air.

Insanitary Material.

15. No person shall use any materials in the erection, re-erection, or repair of any dwellinghouse which are unsound, insanitary, or improper to be used for their intended purpose, and any such materials shall within twenty-four hours of their condemnation by the Inspector of Nuisances be removed from the site of the proposed house, and shall not again be brought thereon until the house has been completed.

16. If any dwellinghouse, or part of a dwellinghouse, be erected, altered, or repaired contrary in any particular to the provisions of these by-laws, it shall be lawful for the Board to give notice in writing to the owner of such dwellinghouse, within a time to be mentioned in such notice, to take down, remove, or alter such dwellinghouse, or part of such dwellinghouse, in such a manner that the provisions of these by-laws shall be accurately fulfilled. Non-compliance with any such notice shall be deemed an offence.

PART IV.—SANITARY.

Burial of Nightsoil.

1. No person shall bury, or cause or suffer or allow to be buried, nightsoil within the curtilage of any premises which shall be less than 1 acre in extent, or within the curtilage of any premises used as an hotel or boardinghouse, and then not within 33 ft. of any road, or any house or public building, or any building in which any person may be or may be intended to be employed in any manufacture, trade, or business within the district.

Nightsoil in Infectious Cases.

2. No person shall bury upon any private property the nightsoil produced upon any premises from which a case of infectious disease has been duly notified to the Board, and during such time as the District Health Officer shall declare the premises to be infected; but all such nightsoil shall be removed and disposed of by the Board at the expense of the occupier, and every pail or pan used for the reception or removal of such nightsoil shall be specially marked, and be retarred after emptying and cleansing before being used again.

Mode of Burial of Nightsoil.

3. No person shall bury nightsoil otherwise than in the following manner:—
   A V-shaped furrow or trench shall be formed of not more than 18 in. in depth, and the nightsoil shall be placed therein, each lot as soon as placed to be covered with at least 6 in. of earth, well pressed down flush up to the surface of the ground. No fresh trench shall be opened up within 3 ft. of an old trench at any time within three months of the final closing of such old trench.

Sewage-tank.

4. No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, any sewage-tank—
   (1.) Unless such tank in its design, position, and method of construction has first been approved by the District Health Officer and by the Inspector of Nuisances; or
   (2.) After the District Health Officer or the Inspector of Nuisances shall, on account of some defect or fault therein, or wrongful use thereof, in writing notify such person not to use such septic tank and until such notice shall be in writing withdrawn by the person giving the same.

Water-closets.

5. No person shall use, or cause or allow to be used, any privy of the nature of a water-closet in the district unless the same be connected with a sewage-tank approved as mentioned in section (1) of By-law No. 4, Part IV, and not the subject of a notice not to use the same under section (2) of said by By-law No. 4, and unless the same be furnished with
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